by Stacie Haines In Maine’s Moosehead Lake region, it is easy to spot Big Spencer. Formed by volcanic rocks, it juts out of the landscape with its sibling, Little Spencer, close by. Both Big and Little Spencer beckoned to me – and my hiking buddies – for a few years before we decided to set … Read more
by Abigail Bradford I didn’t learn the full science of climate change until I majored in that subject at UMaine Orono. We are in a climate emergency, and yet the science behind our rapidly changing climate and what we must do to curb the crisis was largely glossed over in my public K-12 education in … Read more
This Thanksgiving, all of us at Maine Conservation Voters give thanks for your support of the work we do to create a safe, equitable, and healthy environment, democracy, and society for all Maine people. It has been nearly two years since our nation went into lockdown as the pandemic first began to change our lives. … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare inequalities and weaknesses in our economy, communities, and healthcare. It has also reinforced the need to make decisions about our future based on science and truth, not misinformation or fear. Slowing the spread of the virus; ramping up the availability of testing and necessary medical supplies; and meeting the … Read more
Living in Maine is synonymous with adventuring outside. As a Maine resident, you have most likely done, or at least know of someone who has done, one of the following: hiked from a local trailhead, canoed along the Kennebec River, climbed Katahdin, or day-tripped to Acadia National Park. All of these activities are quite commonplace, … Read more
Tragic news about the environment seems to come at us daily. Whether that news is local, like Maine’s sea level rise, or international, such as disappearing small island nations in the Pacific, the deluge of somber reporting on the environment feels endless. As the climate crisis worsens, some experts are turning their concerns to another … Read more
“What a place to live, what a place to die and be buried in! There certainly men would live forever, and laugh at death and the grave.” -Thoreau reflecting on the image of the untapped Maine wilderness from the ridge of Katahdin At the end of August, 1846, Henry David Thoreau set out from Concord … Read more
We condemn the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black lives lost to racial violence. We call for accountability for the police officers who have taken these lives, for those that have allowed these lives to be taken, and for a reform of a law enforcement system that allows … Read more
On Wednesday, May 27, organizations from across the state hosted a webinar on the Maine Climate Council, which is drafting a new Climate Action Plan for Maine this year. That plan will include recommendations to reduce Maine’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 45% by 2030 and at least 80% by 2050. It will also include … Read more
For more than 30 years, the Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) program has protected some of Maine’s most beautiful and important natural and recreational areas. It has protected more than 600,000 acres of forests, farms, and land for recreation in all 16 counties across the state. After years of inaction and neglect, the wildly popular … Read more